Monday, January 2, 2012

To appreciate all the different people in your life

A water bearer in china had two large pots, each hung on
the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck.

One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot
was perfect and always delivered a full protection of water. At the end of the
long walk from the stream to the House, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, which the bearer
delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house.

Of course, the
perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect for which it was made. But
the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection.

And miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of
what it had been made to do.

After two years of what perceived to be a bitter failure,
it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.”I am ashamed of myself, and
I want to apologize to you. I have been able to deliver only half my load
because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way to your
house.

Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and
you don’t get full value from your efforts,” the pot said. The barrier said to
the pot, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path,
but not on the other pot’s side?

That’s because I have always known about your flaw. So I planted
flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you’ve
watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to
decorate the table.

Without you being just the way you are, there would not
be this beauty to grace the house?

Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws we each have
that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You’ve just got
to take each person for what they are, and look for the good in them. Blessed are
the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.